I place my hands in front of you,
Though you do not see,
And I ask myself,
“Why do I do this to me?”.
I try and cry for sight,
In a world of the blind,
And expect to be seen,…
Out of sight,…out of mind.
I place my hands in front of you,
And you do not even know.
I wished for years to be like you,…
Now I’m just going to go.
K. Aldaya, 8/29/21
Picture: From The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; https://weheartit.com/entry/328118982
It shouldn’t have needed to be said,
If you were going to hear.
Speaking is not hearing,
And silence is not absence,…
I am here.
A thousand upon a thousand words.
Lifetimes of echoing noise,
Drifted away, …unheard.
And I’ve always been waiting,..
Silently, in the noise,…
To be heard.
K. Aldaya, 8/14/21
Picture: By A Befendo on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/tKEY5x1Y-y4
I should be afraid.
“Different” is a gun to the head,
In the hands of others;
With a ransom to be paid,
Or body laid, instead.
I can’t be honest,
To the holstered mobs of false decor.
Anomaly hunters…
Distinctions at their behest,
In their cruel quest, for more.
I should be frightened.
My fate’s to be devoured or loathed.
“Different’s” never “same”.
In this world I’d find no friend,
Once exposed,..and unclothed.
I should be afraid.
“Different” is a gun to the head,
That is out of my hands.
There is no life unafraid,
‘Til I’m laid…as the dead.
K. Aldaya, 8/11/21
Picture: From Stranger Things Season 4 Teaser Trailer; https://news.yahoo.com/5-things-surprised-stranger-things-022429466.html
Am I human?
I can see I look like one,
Though underneath the surface,
I am everyone,
Without a face.
Am I human?
Though I used to speak like one.
I have never understood,
With all our words so over-done,…
How to be heard.
Am I human?
I no longer speak like one,
And inside drift endlessly,
Far from everyone,…
So quietly.
Am I human?
I can see I look like one,
Though underneath the surface,
I am no one.
I am the lost without a trace.
The unrecognizable face.
The outsider, always out of place.
Am I human?
K. Aldaya, 6/10/21
Picture: From Humans TV Series; Posted on fanpop; https://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/38900000/Humanity-It-s-not-a-state-It-s-a-It-s-a-quality-humans-38984644-300-169.gif
You don’t want to believe,
And you do not care,
Because you do not have to.
You live comfortably…
Unaware.
For you will not believe,
What you have not known;
So, you’ll cast away my words,
Leaving me in silence…
All alone.
I don’t want to believe,
Though I have no choice.
Living is the greatest proof,
That I can not trust you,…
With my voice.
K. Aldaya, 5/18/21
Picture: By Jackson Simmer on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/1grn4afhiEE
My Soul is a Lock Without a Key 
